Basic Epidemiology, Second Edition
R.,, Bonita, R.,, Beaglehole, T., Kjellström,
Publisher: World Health Organisation
ISBN: 9241547073
DDC: 614
Edition: Paperback; 2006-01-12
Summary:
The second edition of this popular textbook provides an introduction
to the principles and methods of epidemiology. Since publication of
the first edition in 1993, Basic epidemiology has become a standard
reference for education, training and research in the field of public
health and has been translated into more than 25 languages. It is
used widely, for training public health and environment
professionals, undergraduate medical students, and students in other
health professions. The second edition provides updated examples of
how and why the basics of epidemiology are essential to anyone who is
required to understand and apply the principles of disease causation
and prevention. The book has a particular emphasis on modifiable
environmental factors and encourages the application of epidemiology
to the prevention of disease and the promotion of health, including
environmental and occupational health. It prepares members of the
health-related professions to respond to the need for health services
to address all aspects of the health of populations, and to ensure
that health resources are used to the best possible effect. It shows
how good clinical practice is informed by clinical epidemiology; and
its lively, concise style is designed to stimulate a continuing
interest in the subject. This edition includes comprehensive chapters
on the nature and uses of epidemiology; the epidemiological approach
to defining and measuring the occurrence of health-related states in
populations; the strengths and limitations of epidemiological study
designs, causation, the contribution of epidemiology to the
prevention of disease, the promotion of health and the development of
health policy, and the role of epidemiology in evaluating the
effectiveness and efficiency of health care. It enables students to
describe the common causes of death, disease and disability in her or
his community; outline appropriate study designs to answer specific
questions concerning disease causation, natural history, prognosis,
prevention, and the evaluation of therapy and other interventions to
control disease, and critically evaluate the literature.
The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care 1999
(Dartmouth Medical School, John E. Wennberg, Megan McAndrew Cooper, Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences Staff, ; ISBN: 1556482574;
Hardcover; 1999-04; 63% match)
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